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单词 out of ply
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out of ply
1. Condition, state, fettle; esp. in in ply, in good ply: in good condition, fit; similarly out of ply: in bad condition. Chiefly Scottish.Now often used with reference to suitability of conditions for fishing on a river, etc.
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point?c1225
plighta1375
waya1400
ply1443
ploy1477
abyss1548
order1569
kilter1582
trim1628
tilter1674
fettle?1748
kidney1763
fix1816
1443 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 86/2 Wat..maide instance to ger that actione be delayit in the ply that it than was to the next hede courte [etc.].
1463 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 26 The ferthing was brokin..and nocht in the ply he gaf it him.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) xxviii. 103 Traist wele yat this gerris a man be jn gude ply.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 313 in Poems (1981) 16 Quhan hir sister in sic ply hir fand, For verray pietie scho began to greit.
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 206 Thy pure pynit thrott, peilit and owt of ply.
1747 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) The Town and their Tacksmen fished all around the Island, according as the Water was in Ply.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. (1876) 22 Few gourmands are very fat, they eat themselves out of ply.
1831 R. Shennan Tales, Songs, & Misc. Poems 44 The riders mount to try If a' things be in proper ply.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 27 Apr. 7/2 The Carron..is one of the best spring rivers in East Ross-shire when in ply.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 23 Jan. 16/2 At the time of writing the rivers were running into ply, and on the Lyon a record catch of salmon for this tributary of the Tay is reported.
1930 A. M. Stewart Stickleback Club 27 When the river was in ply that boy's place in the class was vacant.
1966 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. 188/3 Ye're like the young craws—ye eat yersel oot o' ply.
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